Free trundle bed for the taking!
My friend Lynda has a free trundle bed for the taking. It’s a single bed; the lower drawer can be used for storage or it can be pulled up to become another single bed. She can also provide a mattress. She’d like to get it out of her garage by September 11. Interested? Email Lynda at l_shioya@shaw.ca! Read more »
Watch my “Mad Men” comedy short… and vote for me!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJrrxJlbPPk Here’s an original, 1-minute film that shows one possible result of my winning the Mad Men Casting Call contest. Watch, enjoy, and spread it around! And please keep voting for me at — thanks! Special thanks to Cassandra Freeman, Irwin Levine, my nephew Kevin McCartney and my lovely wife Christine for their assistance and … Continue reading Watch my “Mad Men” comedy short… and vote for me! Read more »
Help get me on “MAD MEN”!
The new season of “Mad Men” has begun, and there’s a big contest on, with the prize being a walk-on bit part on the show. Now, I’m a retrophile from way back (with a ’63 Rambler, a closet full of vintage clothes, and a love of everything mid-century) who is crazy about “Mad Men”. I’m … Continue reading Help get me on “MAD MEN”! Read more »
“Dear Ron” video letters call out gov’t hostility to artists
Have a look at this – it’ll be five very well-spent minutes of your time. In it, the artistic director of Nanaimo’s Western Edge Theatre talks to his MLA, Ron Cantelon, about the ground-level reality of how the arts benefit the community – and how the BC Liberals’ bowing out of the funding picture – … Continue reading “Dear Ron” video letters call out gov’t hostility to artists Read more »
Video: Memories of Kiddyland
Here’s a video I just completed for my friend Erna, who used to take her kids to Kiddyland in LA in the 60’s and early 70’s, and where her husband Ken shot lots of 16mm film of this fondly-remembered but long-gone attraction. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qtaLfr5abQ I think the images and music combine to make a very poignant … Continue reading Video: Memories of Kiddyland Read more »